Why do our eyes leak when we feel emotions, chop onions, or get poked in the eye? Do these scenarios lead to the creation of different types of tears? How are tears created? WHY? This episode, Kate and Matt delve into all these questions and so many more, as we chat all about crying. We also tackle a listener question about sweating – why do our palms sweat when we get nervous?References:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035568/https://athenaeum.libs.uga.edu/handle/10724/36619https://psych-neuro.com/2014/03/14/the-biochemecial-purpose-of-crying/https://scienceblogs.com/observations/2011/01/08/why-do-women-cry-obviously-itshttps://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/crying.htmhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01240/fullhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29888936/https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-87337-001https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/dev.22058https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejp.1623https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/145/6/e20192719https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-66680-001https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/29/4/579.shorthttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02134/fullhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4062644/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1069397111404519https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01240/full
